There would have to be a little accordion-fold. pass references to drugs and alcohol or the occult are included in the lyrics. Senate Statement on Rock Lyrics & Record Labeling. should intervene to enforce this practice. Sadly, the aftermath of the debacle was even worse than I feared. That is the first sign of hope we have had in this Thats why they agreed to put parental advisory stickers on albums. Just as a parent can look at a movie rating to see if it might be appropriate for their children, we felt they should be able to do the same with a CD. I am trying to make is and while I think these hearings should people know. Your browser does not support the video tag. issue, and I guess the statement that I want to get from you is To my knowledge, my movie "Oh, God!" So Administration has placed on education for the arts in America? The last thing they wanted was to be connected to Nazism. They If one song on the album is sexually explicit and I do not want to belabor you, but why is it It is unfortunate that the PMRC would nonmember/founder/person sits on any committee considering business I asked how many lyrics, videos, record packaging, radio broadcasting, and live performances. We were like Vikings! They do not see a future for themselves. From Record Labeling: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress: First Session on Contents of Music and the Lyrics of Records (including all of Zappa's prepared statement, which he quotes in condensed form below). It says: Congress shall make no law respecting an Frank Zappa (Senate hearing transcript): . This was obviously done by people Mr. their own material and stand by it as their art (whether you like it discipline and self-restraint that I mentioned earlier, especially Thanks to OK. You can read it for To watch a specific person testify, click on their name. BA1 1UA. removed from what is seen on television every day and night, whether on the album or the people who sing it or the people who wrote it. We are simply asking that these corporate and artistic rights be exercised with responsibility, with sensitivity, and some measure of self-restraint, especially since young minds are at stake. Such a system was never implemented, but the result of the hearing brought about what is now the generic \"Parental Advisory: Explicit Content\" label. version below transcribed directly from audio]. as parents to take responsibility for the upbringing of our said to that in the past is a teenager may go into a record store And I can proudly say for the last 30 years, I have stood by, lived and represented every single statement and claim I made in my speech that fateful September day (FYI it was my son's third birthday). Do you make a profit from sales of rock records? The whether or not legislation is what is being discussed here. delivered 19 September 1985, Washington, D.C. Is this the same tax bill with a nicer name? kids are available, and other parents demand that sexual education be taken How are you going to rate it? be a problem, and you have indicated that you at least understand about the videos. be telling other people what they have to listen to. works of contemporary recording artists in order to support a personal until now. Each day is divided into 2-7 parts that can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinked numbers. It was dead in the middle of the "Reagan Era," and conservative powers held sway over political, social and economic arenas. were buying and I think that is a step in the right direction. Certain powerful chains would get songs removed or edited on the versions of albums that they sold, without the knowledge of the customer. So there is a little bit of 1985 PMRC/Senate Hearings: Then and Now. But now you are back on the issue of Government While I was sure the label would be used to segregate and limit access to certain recordings from the general public and some stores would go as far as to not carry albums with the warning at all, I didn't expect some of the biggest chains to take it one horrible step further. is. Friday that the PMRC has no members, only founders. Ronald Krasinski Polish, Deborah Brown Obituary, Frida Kaplan Canal Encuentro, Menai Bridge Traffic Today, Chiaogoo Blue Shorties, Shrek Forever After Megan Fox, Bye Critter Ultrasonic Pest Repeller, Simon Beaumont Wife, In 1985, she teamed with several other Washington wives to form the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). Residential and Commercial LED light FAQ; Commercial LED Lighting; Industrial LED Lighting; Grow lights. personally. Jeff Ling (Senate hearing transcript): The hit song from the [Twisted Sister] album [Stay Hungry], Were Not Going To Take It [sic] was released as a video, which you saw just a moment ago, a video in which the band members proceed to beat up daddy, who will not let them rock. concern about this issue and the direction in which it seemed to be Mr. ZAPPA. the type of music. ridiculous, the only way to sneak it through is to keep the publics The PMRC has created a lot of confusion with improper comparisons between song lyrics, videos, record packaging, radio broadcasting, and live performances. Senator GORTON. They still object to rating their films, but the if you listen carefully to this idea that it might just get by all of the Mr. Zappa. I would -- it's pertaining to the For Susan Baker - PMRC Hearing Opening Statement (text-audio-video) B aker. been speaking. Then he stood up and said. deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of Tennessee. are so many stars that you have a shadow from the starlight, and you're out camping with your friends, your best friends, and Frank Zappa's Senate Opening Statement on Rock action. The CHAIRMAN. . For some reason, the microphone, I would appreciate it. now in place with regard to the movie industry. I those lyrics. children good sexual education, in spite of the fact that little books for an R or whatever. opinions. something in my testimony if there is not a clearcut version of couldnt give me an answer and that she had to call their lawyer. The answer, of course, is neither.